Words / B1

i-DISHUN/ɪˈdɪʃn/

An edition is a particular version of a book, paper, or programme: the latest edition; a Sunday edition. Edit is the verb. Copy is one physical book. Do not call a reprint with no changes a new edition unless the publisher does. Style guides: use the latest edition.

Meaning

A particular version of a book, newspaper, or programme.

Examples

• “Use the latest edition of the style guide for references.”
• “The evening edition carried a correction, which is the newspaper sense.”

Good to know

the latest / first / revised edition. Verb: edit. One book: a copy. Academic: cite the edition. News: morning/evening edition.

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